Combination attachment for pencils



N0. 6l7,l49. Patented Jan. 3, I899.

W. W. DODGE. COMBINATION ATTACHMENT FOR PENCILS, PENHOLDERS, &c.

(Application filed Apr. 24, 1897.)

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YVILLIAM TV. DODGE, OF BURLINGTON, IOTVA.

COMBINATION ATTACHMENT FOR PENC'ILS, PENHOLDERS, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 617,149, dated January 3, 1899.

Application filed April 24,1897. erial No. 638,636. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VILLIAM \V. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Attachments for Pencils,'Penholders, &c.; and I do hereby declare the followin gto be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to combination attachments for pencils, penholders, the.

My object is to provide a device of simple and cheap construction which will consist of several articles of stationery carried by a pencil or penholder used independently, so as to be ready at all times for use.

Having the foregoing object in view, the invention consists of certain improved features and novel combinations of parts, appearing more fullyhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 2, a detail view showing the paper-scales, and Fig. 3 a detail of the combined ink and pencil eraser.

The numeral 1 designates a pencil, and at the end thereof there is located a ferrule 2.

The numeral 8 designates a reduced cylindrical casin g provided with an elongated slot a, on opposite sides of which are grooves 5 and 6, representing the different weights for letters and papers.

The numeral 7 designates a shank which is formed into a sharpened hook S and works through the closed outer end of the casing. This shank has a plunger 9, and 10 designates a double pointer secured to the plunger and adapted to travel in the slot, the portions of the pointer serving to indicate the weight in connection with the graduations on opposite sides of the slot.

At 11 there is shown an open coil-spring which encircles the shank and is located between the end of the casing and the plunger,

adapted to fit over the ferrule and against a shoulder 13 on the pencil. This tube is formed with an enlargement lat atits outer end, thereby providing a shoulder 15.

My improved combined pen and pencil eraser has a body which consists of an enlarged circular portion 16, adapted to be received in the enlarged part 14 and two reduced portions 17 and 18, thereby providing shoulders 19, which are adapted to fit against the shoulder 15, said device being removable from the tube and adapted to be reversed. Projecting from one end is a steel ink-eraser 20, and the numeral 21 designates a rubber tip which projects from, the other end. It will be seen that this part of the device can be withdrawn from the tube and reversed, so that the user can have either the blade or the rubber eraser in proper position for use. It will be seen that this eraser is of suitable length to permit of its use as a pencil-sharpener, thereby enhancing its value and usefulness.

The use of the combined pencil-sharpener and ink-eraser and pencil-eraser will be apparent from the foregoing description, and it Will also be seen that the mail-matter can be suspended from the hook, so that the weight acting against the spring will move the double pointer and cause it to indicate the number of ounces. It is advantageous to have theend of the hook sharpened, as shown, as the same can then be more readily applied to a letter by simply hooking it through the same.

The device is extremely compact and of pleasing appearance, and when carried about in the pocket the rubber eraser should be the part protruding, so that therewill he no projecting part to catch in the clothing of the wearer.

Slight changes could be resorted to in carrying out my ideas without materially detracting from the advantages of the invention, and hence I reserve the right to make all such changes as properly come within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a pen or pencil having a reduced end, of a ferrule adapted to fit on said reduced end and carrying a tube, spring-scales positioned in said tube with the hooked end of the rod extended therefrom, a sleeve fitting over said ferrule and inclosing l0 the tube and said hook, and a reversible pencil and ink eraser fitted in the outer end of said sleeve and closing the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this Specification in the presence of two subscrib- 15 ing witnesses.

XVILLIAM W. DODGE. lVit-nesses:

R. J. TOPPING, J. J. LITTLE. 

